This module examines breakthrough works whose importance comes from formal and political rupture: Soleil O, Touki Bouki, Muna Moto and Yeelen.
Learning goal
Study films that become foundational through political rupture, modernist form, myth, sound, montage, light and recognition.
Completed lessons
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Course
Foundational Films of African Cinema
Lesson list
Lesson 1
Analyze Soleil O as a breakthrough work through migration, racism, satire and collage form.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Analyze Soleil O as a breakthrough work through migration, racism, satire and collage form.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Lesson 2
Study Touki Bouki through modernism, sonic rupture, editing, youth desire and ambivalence toward Europe.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Study Touki Bouki through modernism, sonic rupture, editing, youth desire and ambivalence toward Europe.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Lesson 3
Compare social critique, mythic structure, light and international recognition in two foundational works.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Compare social critique, mythic structure, light and international recognition in two foundational works.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Open only when you are ready to apply this module. The complete prompts are preserved here.
Define what makes a film a breakthrough work and test the definition on one title.
Expected output
A definition plus one evidence-based application.
Quiz structure
1 question are prepared to validate the core concepts of this module.
Source to review before public screening or classroom projection.
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